Balancing Eastern Tradition against Western Civilization A Collision between the Two Worlds Situated between China and the United States in terms of economy and politics, Korea is now experimenting with becoming the most open country among those between the East and the West. Korea is now attempting to reinterpret Western civilization on the basis of Korea’s own traditions and to contemplate today’s challenges to seek a new direction for development in collaboration with other countries. Therefore, it is more meaningful to analyze how the East and the West understand each other, as well as how they make themselves understood, through looking back on the century-long road which Korea has walked. In Part I. West Comes East of this volume, among others, Christianity, Western philosophy, and democracy are discussed as the most influential factors. When first approached by the West in the modern period, East Asians were not ready to accept the existence of another advanced civilization, which would challenge their pride as creators of the most sophisticated culture. Nevertheless, the inflow of Western culture into the East caused changes to the latter’s life and ideas. Part II. East Sees West examines the various responses of Korean intellectuals to the impact of Western culture. Additionally, Korean political scientists are considered as an example of Korean scholars in general, who critically stepped back from Western culture despite having been considerably influenced by it. Part III. West Sees East reflects the East from the Western perspective and examines how Westerners regarded Korean society and culture. While Western imperialists, sailing on a battleship towards the continent of Asia, often disregarded the East as uncivilized, some Westerners took a more humane or unbiased stance, respecting the East as a land with traditions that merely differed from theirs. The publication of The Good Earth by Pearl Buck, the first Western novel on China, serves as one such testimony, supplemented by the Chinese and Korean responses to it. Part IV. East and West, then, is devoted to such an exploration, as illustrated by the discussions on the differences in Eastern and Western approaches to despotism. For some time now, the East and the West have begun to be compared on equal footing, with Eastern societies regarded as potential alternatives to the problems of modern society, which is largely founded on Western civilization. This perspective was first read as an attempt to overcome the East’s sense of inferiority by asserting that the East had intellectual traditions comparable to the West. This new comparative framework, however, should be considered with more significance as it taps the potential of cooperation between the East and the West in solving challenges confronted by humanity.

저자 : 김형찬 저자 김형찬 KIM Hyoung-chan은 KIM Hyoung-chan is Professor of Korean Philosophy at Korea University. 고려대학교 문과대학 철학과 교수 주요 저서 Major Publications ? 『도설로 보는 한국 유학』 (2000) Doseol-ro boneun hanguk yuhak (A Look at Korean Confucianism through Illustrated Accounts) ? 『조선 유학의 자연철학』 (1998) Joseon yuhak-ui jayeon cheolhak (Philosophy of Nature in Korean Confucianism)

PART I. WEST COMES EAST 서양 문물 수용 과정에서 동양에 가장 큰 영향을 미친 서양의 기독교 사상, 서양철학, 그리고 민주주의에 대해 살펴본다. ?The Transmission of Christianity and the Reception of Western Philosophy in Korea _KANG Donku ?The Reception of Western Philosophy and the Establishment of “Korean” Philosophy _PAEK Chong-Hyon ?A Review of the Intellectual Thrust to Adopt Democracy in the Late 19th Century: The Integration of Eastern and Western Thought _AHN Wae-soon PART II. EAST SEES WEST 서구 문화에 대한 한국 지식인들의 다양한 대응 방식을 통해 당시 새로운 문화에 대한 한국 지식인들의 인식을 살펴본다. ?Confucian Response to the Shock of Western Culture: From Orthodox Resistance to Confucian Reformative Visions _SONG Young-bae ?Academic Dependency: Western-centrism in Korean Political Science _KANG Jung In PART III. WEST SEES EAST 서양인들의 눈으로 본 한국과 한국인에 대해 살펴본다. 특히 펄 벅의 『대지』를 통해 동양에 대한 서양인들의 시선을 분석해본다. ?West Goes East: Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth _CHOI Won-shik ?Korean Culture Seen through Westerners’ Eyes _HAHM Hanhee PART IV. EAST AND WEST 하나의 주제에 대한 동서양의 각기 다른 접근방식을 고찰하면서 서양과의 관계 속에서 변화하고 재규정되고 있는 동양의 정체성에 대해 논의한다. ?Comparative Analysis of Eastern and Western Tyranny: Focusing on Aristotle and Mencius _KANG Jung In and EOM Kwan Yong ? “Asian Values” and Confucian Discourse _LEE Seung-Hwan